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Box 8, Folder 20, Document 21
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| FROM
HUD.96 (7-66)
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF
Memeorandum
TO 3
ATTN :
SUBJECT:
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- PAR 19 1969
ALL REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS DATE;
Assistant Regional Administrators for Model Cities
wi In reply refer to:
ah aL aire
Jdu4nistration
Letter to Mayors on Personal Attention to Local Program Problems
Following for your information is the text of a letter now being
sent from Assistant Secretary Hyde to each model city chief executive
officer, The attachment is also enclosed with each letter.
As you know, there are now 150 cities involved in the
Model Cities program. Some of these cities have already
submitted their execution plans; others are preparing to
begin their planning effort.
At the Washington and the Regional level, the Department
of Housing and Urban Development is now better able to
make an assessment of those areas in program planning and
administration in need of attention. In most cases, only
the chief executive officer of the locality has the power
and authority necessary to ensure implementation of the
progvam's requirements. In many cases, the personal involve-
ment of the chief executive officer is necessary to achieve
the desired levels of comprehensiveness and coordination --
at a minimum, his full support of the efforts of the CDA
Director to accomplish this goal is indispensable.
From time to time, therefore, I will be writing to you to
call to your attention those problems we see from our vantage
point which, in our best judgment, require your personal atten-
tion and political leadership. It is the fundamental purpose
of the Model Cities program to strengthen the capability of
local government to meet the needs of its citizens, and I want
to assure you of my personal commitment to that objective.
In the enclosure with this letter several matters are covered
which we feel might well claim your immediate attention.
a2 x
In the not too distant future, I hope to be able to talk
with most, if not all, city and county executives whose
localities are in the program, I. believe that our work-
ing together will insure the success of our efforts, and
I would welcome your personal response to the enclosed
suggestions. x :
' Attachment
ec:
Regional Interagency Teams
Model Cities Governors
CDA Directors (also received direct
copy of mayor's letter)
Washington Interagency Team
MCA Professional Staff
ow, mo ow Ss me op «
——
| FROM
HUD.96 (7-66)
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF
Memeorandum
TO 3
ATTN :
SUBJECT:
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- PAR 19 1969
ALL REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS DATE;
Assistant Regional Administrators for Model Cities
wi In reply refer to:
ah aL aire
Jdu4nistration
Letter to Mayors on Personal Attention to Local Program Problems
Following for your information is the text of a letter now being
sent from Assistant Secretary Hyde to each model city chief executive
officer, The attachment is also enclosed with each letter.
As you know, there are now 150 cities involved in the
Model Cities program. Some of these cities have already
submitted their execution plans; others are preparing to
begin their planning effort.
At the Washington and the Regional level, the Department
of Housing and Urban Development is now better able to
make an assessment of those areas in program planning and
administration in need of attention. In most cases, only
the chief executive officer of the locality has the power
and authority necessary to ensure implementation of the
progvam's requirements. In many cases, the personal involve-
ment of the chief executive officer is necessary to achieve
the desired levels of comprehensiveness and coordination --
at a minimum, his full support of the efforts of the CDA
Director to accomplish this goal is indispensable.
From time to time, therefore, I will be writing to you to
call to your attention those problems we see from our vantage
point which, in our best judgment, require your personal atten-
tion and political leadership. It is the fundamental purpose
of the Model Cities program to strengthen the capability of
local government to meet the needs of its citizens, and I want
to assure you of my personal commitment to that objective.
In the enclosure with this letter several matters are covered
which we feel might well claim your immediate attention.
a2 x
In the not too distant future, I hope to be able to talk
with most, if not all, city and county executives whose
localities are in the program, I. believe that our work-
ing together will insure the success of our efforts, and
I would welcome your personal response to the enclosed
suggestions. x :
' Attachment
ec:
Regional Interagency Teams
Model Cities Governors
CDA Directors (also received direct
copy of mayor's letter)
Washington Interagency Team
MCA Professional Staff
ow, mo ow Ss me op «
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